Joshua Russell had pleaded guilty to a fed charge of making an interstate #threat against #Hobbs, a Dem who was AZ’s chief #elections officer in 2022 & is now the state’s gov.
Russell’s vms were among countless #threats against #Hobbs for her role in certifying #Biden’s 2020 presidential victory over #Trump in #Arizona & in the 2022 midterms. As SoS, Hobbs at times had 24hr #security bc of threats from Trump supporters who falsely claimed his loss was marred by fraud.
Russell’s case is brought by #DOJ’s #ElectionThreatsTaskForce, which focuses on threats of #violence against elected ofcls, workers & volunteers to ensure they can oversee #elections free of #harassment.